Professor Thom Brooks has been appointed as our new Principal of Collingwood College.

We have all been deeply concerned and affected by the war taking place in Ukraine. We are an international university, committed to social responsibility and democratic values.

[09/24] Sharing lessons-learned from running an interdisciplinary and bilingual workshop

Downing Street announced today that the Revd Canon Smitha Prasadam, currently Chaplain of St Albans, Copenhagen, and member of College Council, will take up the role of Bishop of Huddersfield.

At the Northern Regional Sailing BUCS Qualifiers, the best of the best universities in the North look to claim one of the top four spots in the region, in order to qualify straight to BUCS Team Racing Finals. Read on to find out how Durham University Sailing Club performed over an intense weekend of racing.

[04/25] Summary: Supported by the British Council (£70,000) under the International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF), this 18-month project addresses the need to understand and manage the interconnected impacts of shocks and disasters on the Biodiversity-Water-Energy-Food (BWEF) Nexus. Traditionally treated in silos, shocks in one system (e.g., floods affecting water supply) can trigger cascading effects across others—yet these interdependencies are seldom fully explored in resilience planning.

New heads have been appointed at Grey College, Josephine Butler College and John Snow College.

New blog post written by Joe Mulhern (Honorary Fellow, Durham University History Department)

We are delighted to welcome Bentley Crudgington to our Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities.

We’re part of a group of leading UK universities supporting women entrepreneurs through the launch of the UK’s first WE Innovate National network.

Global Coalition Calls for Action Against Viral “Brain Injury Delivery Systems” The Repercussion Group, an international coalition of academics, clinicians, researchers, and advocates, has today released a new White Paper titled “Run It Straight: A Call to Action Against a Perfect Brain Injury Delivery System.”

We welcome Professor Grant Macaskill to our University as our new Lightfoot Professor of Divinity. He will join our leading Department of Theology and Religion in September.